“I think the combination of trying to make that small tweak in my swing and I’m hitting a lot of drivers as well, making a lot of swings testing drivers, testing balls, testing everything.”

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McIlroy has won three of golf’s four majors with just the Masters eluding him

There were fears that McIlroy would miss out on the first major of the year in April at the Masters, however he has confirmed that he will play, and says there are no excuses this time in his quest for the career grand slam.

“It could be a blessing in disguise because it gives me five or six weeks where I can just purely work on my short game so there’s no excuses going to Augusta and not having a sharp short game this year.

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